Kilusang Mayo Uno led the biggest gathering commemorating International Labor Day in Manila yesterday.

From five converging points around the city, thousands of workers marched to Mendiola to denounce the Benigno Aquino government for its “atrocious record” in attacking workers’ economic well-being and political rights.

To dramatize their condemnation of the outgoing administration, the workers burned an effigy of Aquino.

They later marched to the United Embassy where they overpowered hundreds of police officers who tried to block them from reaching Roxas Boulevard.

In front of the embassy, their leaders and supporters took turns lambasting increased US military presence in the Philippines.